Derby Festival to give Silver Horseshoe Award to Red Cross

Mar. 20, 2012

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The Courier-Journal

The Kentucky Derby Festival is awarding its annual AT&T Silver Horseshoe Award, which is given each year in recognition of service to the community, to the American Red Cross-Louisville Area Chapter.

The award will be presented at the 56th annual They’re Off! Luncheon on April 20 at the Galt House.

In addition, the Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation — the festival’s charitable arm — is making a $5,000 contribution to the local Red Cross chapter for tornado relief throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana.

Wendy Jacob, chairwoman of the 2012 Kentucky Derby Festival, said that in light of the damage caused by the recent storms “we could think of no organization that is more in need of support and recognition than the American Red Cross-Louisville Area Chapter.”

The Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation, a not-for-profit charity, was established in 1998. Since its inception, it has given more than $350,000 to support other non-profit agencies and charitable causes.